Mar 4, 1970

Roger Miller appears for the second time on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," along with Brenda Lee and folk singer Pete Seeger. Cash's set list for the week includes "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" and "A Boy Named Sue"

Mar 4, 1970

Moved by the birth of his son, John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash tells reporters he's concerned about drug use among America's youth: "The first ecstasy of a pill or pot is certain to turn to terror. Dope is almost certain death"

Mar 4, 1968

Glen Campbell wins three trophies in the third annual Academy of Country & Western Music awards at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel: Top Male Vocalist; Single Record of the Year, for "Gentle On My Mind"; and Album, for the LP of the same name

Mar 4, 1968

Decca releases Conway Twitty's "The Image Of Me"

Mar 4, 1968

Decca releases Bill Anderson's "Wild Week-End"

Mar 4, 1967

Capitol releases Merle Haggard's album "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive"

Mar 4, 1967

Merle Haggard goes to the top of the Billboard country singles chart for the first time with "The Fugitive"

Mar 4, 1967

Billboard reports Red Sovine has undergone cataract surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville

Mar 4, 1966

Jimmy Dean sings "Why Don't You Love Me" with Rowlf, the Muppet dog, on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show," and does "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" with The Statesmen Quartet. Don Gibson sings "A Born Loser," "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" and "Far, Far Away"

Mar 4, 1966

The Beatles' John Lennon, co-writer of the future country hits "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party," is quoted controversially in The London Evening Standard: "We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now"